Monday, April 8, 2013
Only 419 votes were cast during early voting, according to unofficial results published by Cook County Clerk David Orr.
Early voting totals from the Lemont Public Library are down drastically this year from 2011. As of Sunday, the library had only 419 ballots cast between March 25 and April 6, the designated early voting period, according to Cook County Clerk David Orr. The turnout is a far cry from the April 2011 election, when 1,511 early ballots were cast. That year, the library had the third highest turnout in Cook County behind Centennial Ice Rink in Wilmette and Chicago Heights City Hall. The 2011 election featured 10 candidates running for four vacant school board positions in Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A. Voters were also faced with a $20 million working cash bond referendum for the district, which they ultimately voted down. This…
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Patch accepts letters to the editors from political candidates and their supporters. To submit a letter, e-mail Lemont Patch Editor Amanda Luevano at amanda@patch.com.
Lemont Patch is accepting letters to the editor, which will be posted on the site as received. The following letter was submitted to Patch in support of District 113A school board candidates Susan Petrarca, Brian Bushnell and Michael Clausen, who are running as a slate. We encourage all political candidates and their supporters to share your views in a letter to the editor. We will post any letters we receive, so long as they are roughly 300 words and adhere to Patch's Terms of Use. If you're interesting in submitting a letter, e-mail Lemont Patch Editor Amanda Luevano at amanda@patch.com . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I support the Michael Clausen, Susan Petrarca and Brian Bushnell because of what I have observed over the last two and …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Patch has your guide to the 2013 election for the Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A Board of Education.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Michael Clausen is one of five candidates running for the Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A Board of Education in the 2013 election.
Michael Clausen is one of five candidates running for the Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A Board of Education in the 2013 election. Clausen is an ironworker superintendent for Clausen Structures. He lives in Lemont. He is running on a slate with fellow candidates Brian Bushnell and Susan Petrarca. Name: Michael Clausen Position sought: Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A Board of Education Campaign website: www.lemontschools.net Family (name, relationship and age): N/A Education (degree and school): High school degree Occupation: Ironworker superintendent for Clausen Structures Previous elected offices: None Why are you seeking office? What sets you apart from other candidates? I am running in a slate with Susan …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Frank Flores, Jr. was terminated from the College of DuPage for a disorderly conduct incident; he claims the investigation was “cursory” and the charges “malicious and unsubstantiated.”
A candidate in the contested election for College of DuPage Board of Trustees was previously fired from the college’s aquatics department after multiple people alleged incidents of verbal and/or physical sexual harassment, the Daily Herald reports. According to the paper, Frank Flores Jr. was employed as a temporary assistant aquatics manager in fall 2010 until a female lifeguard reported verbal sexual harassment, a claim corroborated by another female student, and a male student who also alleged physical harassment. A patron filed a separate complaint that Flores had made comments to her like, “I want to taste you” and “I peed in the pool,” the paper said. No criminal charges were filed, but after an investigation, Flores was fired on …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Friends for Education COD Faculty Association PAC is endorsing challengers over two incumbents; the incumbents warn of the danger of a faculty-endorsed Board.
A College of DuPage faculty political-action committee has endorsed challengers Ed Agustin and Frank Flores Jr. for the COD Board over incumbents Dave Carlin and Joe Wozniak (and other candidates Kathy Hamilton and Mike Lanners). The endorsement has become a bone of contention between the candidates, the Daily Herald reports. According to the paper, the endorsements made by Friends for Education COD Faculty Association PAC are notable, contentious and perhaps a double-edged sword in an election coming after 16 months of negotiations that led to a teachers' contract imposed on faculty without union approval last May. Both sides worked out a new deal that was unanimously approved in June. "The board is elected by the community. It's not …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Residents hope to slow down mayor’s ‘fast track’ proposal to issue bonds to build a $21 million sports facility in downtown Lemont by letting voters decide the issue.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Residents hope to slow down mayor’s ‘fast track’ proposal to issue bonds to build a $21 million sports facility in downtown Lemont by letting voters decide the issue.
A group of a dozen or so Lemont residents filed petitions at Village Hall Wednesday morning in an effort to put the village’s proposed $21 million sports complex to a vote March 18, 2014. Janet Hughes, who spearheaded a petition drive along with Hank Olenick, Jim Ladas and more than a dozen others, said the group turned in 185 pages of petitions signed by 1,675 residents. The petitions seek to allow voters to decide whether the village should issue up to $21 million in alternate revenue bonds to finance the sports facility. Lemont Mayor Brian Reaves Jan. 28 unveiled a proposal to build the indoor/outdoor sports complex in the village’s downtown area. Reaves said he hoped to put the project on a “fast track” and begin construction of the …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Here's the final list of candidates who are running for village, school boards and fire, library and park districts in the April 9 election.
Here is a list of the candidates who have filed petitions to run in the April 9, 2013 election. Questionnaires have been mailed out to all the candidates, and Patch will share their answers, as well as some biographical information, in the weeks preceding the election. Open Seats: 5 (Village president, clerk and three trustees) Who Has Filed: For Village President: Incumbent Brian K. Reaves; for Village Clerk: Incumbent Charlene Smollen; and for Trustee: Incumbents Paul Chialdikas, Clifford Miklos and Jeanette Virgilio Open Seats: Three Who Has Filed: Susan Petrarca, David Deitemyer, Brian Bushnell, Michael Clausen and Patrick M. Kerrigan II Open Seats: Three Who Has Filed: Incumbents Mike Kardas, George Rimbo and Mike Shackel Open Seats: …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Here's the final list of candidates who are running for village, school boards and fire, library and park districts in the April 9 election.
The filing period for municipal elections began Dec. 17, and as of the final filing date of Dec. 26, here are the candidates who have filed petitions to run in the April 9, 2013 election. Open Seats: 5 (Village president, clerk and three trustees) Who Has Filed: For Village President: Incumbent Brian K. Reaves; for Village Clerk: Incumbent Charlene Smollen; and for Trustee: Incumbents Paul Chialdikas, Clifford Miklos and Jeanette Virgilio Open Seats: Three Who Has Filed: Susan Petrarca, David Deitemyer, Brian Bushnell, Michael Clausen and Patrick M. Kerrigan II Open Seats: Three Who Has Filed: Incumbents Mike Kardas, George Rimbo and Mike Shackel Open Seats: One Who has filed: Richard Rimbo Open Seats: Five (Three full-time, four-year …
Amanda Luevano
10:36 am on Monday, April 8, 2013
Jack, You think it's silly, which is fine, but I thought it was interesting that Lemont had such a high early voter turnout in 2011 (third in Cook County) and yet this year was actually in the mid-to-low range. I agree that there was more to be voting on then, i.e. the referendum, which I pointed out. It is regular practices for news organizations to report on voter turnout, early voting included… more ›